29 Aug
2001
29 Aug
'01
11:26 p.m.
On Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:09 PM, Sellam Ismail
[SMTP:foo@siconic.com] wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
single
Sounds like a surplus shop called 'Display
Electronics' over here.
The
last advert I saw from them (a couple of months ago) listed 8"
floppy
drives for close to \pounds 500 (no, not \pounds 5.00, which is
what
they tend to sell for at rallies)
Believe it or not, due to their general scarcity from normal market
channels, 8" floppy drives can demand a high price from those who
really
need it to keep some old gear that uses one for storage alive. When
you've got an operation that can break down completely due to a 8"
floppy drive going bad, UKP500 is a small price to pay.
There are companies that make them *new*. They're used in some
applications where radioactivity is a concern. I remember seeing an
invoice for one (went in some medical equipment) that priced them
at $170.
Jim
30 Aug
30 Aug
9:41 a.m.
That 500 UKP is not far off the price that some of these things brought when
they were in full production. I remember feeling VERY happy when I got a pair
of Mitsubishi 2894's for $480 each, plus shipping. That was a substantial
reduction from the normal price in 1981. The prices dipped somewhat after the
adoption of 5-1/4" HD diskettes in the PC, (1984) but I've never seen new drives
listed at much below the $400 mark for SS and $475 for DS drives. It was the
high volume of the PC that drove the FDD's down to where they could be discarded
rather than repaired when you suspected they were defective.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Tuck" <technos(a)nerdland.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: RE: california digital
On Wednesday, August 29, 2001 3:09 PM, Sellam Ismail
[SMTP:foo@siconic.com] wrote:
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Tony Duell wrote:
single
Sounds like a surplus shop called 'Display
Electronics' over here.
The
last advert I saw from them (a couple of months ago) listed 8"
floppy
drives for close to \pounds 500 (no, not \pounds 5.00, which is
what
they tend to sell for at rallies)
Believe it or not, due to their general scarcity from normal market
channels, 8" floppy drives can demand a high price from those who
really
need it to keep some old gear that uses one for storage alive. When
you've got an operation that can break down completely due to a 8"
floppy drive going bad, UKP500 is a small price to pay.
There are companies that make them *new*. They're used in some
applications where radioactivity is a concern. I remember seeing an
invoice for one (went in some medical equipment) that priced them
at $170.
Jim
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